Automatic track-lubricator.



No. 767,858. PATENTED AUG. 16, 1904.

. R. G. YORK.

AUTOMATIC TRACK LUBRIGATOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 26. 1904. N0 MODEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented August 16, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

REUBEN GAGE YORK, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

, AUTOMATIC TRACK-LUBRIOATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 767,858, dated August 16, 1904.

7 Application filed May 26,1904. Serial No. 209,826. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, REUBEN GAGE YORK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lynn, in the county of Essexand Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic Track-Lubricators, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the lubrication of railway-tracks by applying a lubricant to the flange of the wheels of a car which is to travel upon the track to be lubricated. The present invention deals particularly with a means for applying such lubricant and in an automatic means for operating the lubricator at the proper times and places bya certain arrangement of parts designed and especially adapted to cooperate with the guard-flange of the rail, which is universally slightly raised at portions of the track, which by conditions of curve or bend are subject to special wear. To this end the present invention provides means adapted to be operated by such raised portion of the guard-flange and which control the lubricator and the supply of lubricant.

The form of lubricator and the automatic means for controlling and operating the same will be more fully described in the specification following and in the drawings, which form a part thereof, in which- Figure 1 is a diagram section of a portion of a car-truck equipped with my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view from the end; Fig. 3, a detail of the rolls and controlling mechanism; Fig. i, a detail of the controlling barcasing; Fig. 5, a section of one of the lubricator-rolls, and Fig. 6 a detail of the end of the automatic operating member.

In the drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout, A indicates a car-body mounted upon a truck B and wheels C, having the usual flange e.

D is an ordinary rail of a track having a guard-flange (Z.

Mounted upon the truck B by a removable casing E is a controlling-bar F, jointed at G and having on its lower end a shoe H and a roller I, mounted in line of and adapted to engage the raised flange of the guard-rail.

5 g indicates shoulders on the rear of the member F, which is normally held straight and the shoulders abutting by the spring K.

L is a lever pivoted beneath the platform to a bracket Z and operated byapin M, which is caught by a catch m and adapted to be controlled by the foot of the motorman. The opposite end of the lever L is perforated to receive a cord T, which passes over pulleys U, mounted upon brackets U on the frame E.

As the cord T passes freely through the perforated end of the lever L, sulficient play is afforded to allow the relative movement of the trucks and car-body in rounding a curve.

N is a lever pivoted to the truck by a bracket 77. and connected at one end with F. At its opposite end by a pin 0 and a slot 0 it is operatively connected to the roll member P, pivoted to a bracket 19 on the truck B. Upon an extension of this bracket is mounted a lever Q, one end of which is engagedby the arm P, the opposite end of which is held against the action of the spring (1 in contact with the finger 19 on the bracket p.

S is any suitable form of tank or oil-supply having a tube .9 leading therefrom and passing between the fingers 5/2) to the rolls P, which are mounted on the lever P. These rolls P are made of any suitable absorbent material and are spaced apart, so that when they are in contact one roll is against the outer and one against the inner face of the flange c of the wheel, thus applying to it the lubricant.

The operation of the device is as follows: As the car approaches a curve with its guardflange d the shoe H first contacts with the end of said flange and 'lifts the member F until the roller I reaches the top of said flange upon which it runs, thus holding the member F elevated. This upward movement of the member F rocks the lever N on its pivot and depresses the arm P until the rolls P are brought into contact with the flange of the wheel. At the same time that the arm P is depressed the lever Q is released, and the spring 9 separates the finger q from the finger p on the bracket, thus removing the pressure from the tube s and allowing the lubricant to run through the same. As soon as the roller I has reached the end of the guardflange the member F drops again by its own weight, thus restoring the arm P to its normal position and moving the rolls P out of contact with the flange of the wheel. At the same time the arm Q, is moved against the action of the spring (1, and the tube s is pinched between the fingers q and 7.). 1f the car is to stand upon a curve or it is found desirable for any other reason not to apply the lubricant to the flange of the wheel or to the track at that point, the pin M is depressed until it is caught by a catch m, and the roller I is thus raised against the action of the spring K out of the plane of the guard-flange, so that the member F is not operated. Upon releasing the catch on the lever L drops of its own weight and allows the spring K to straighten the member F until the shoulders 7' abut.

Various substitutions and changes may obviously be made in this device as shown and described and various means of supplying the lubricant and operating the flange contact member may be substituted without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I therefore claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a car, the combination of a lubricator for the wheel-flanges, means for supplying a lubricant thereto, an operating member for moving said lubricator into operative position and controlling the feed of the lubricant, said operating member being adapted to be operated by its contact with the guard-flange of the rail.

2. In a lubricating device for car-wheel flanges, a controlling device therefor adapted to operatively engage the guard-flange of the rai 3. In a lubricating device for car-wheel flanges, a controlling device therefor adapted to operatively engage the guard-flange of the rail, and means for holding said controlling device out of operative engagement.

4:. In a lubricator for carwheel flanges, means for applying the lubricant to said flanges normally held out of contact therewith, means for feeding a lubricant to said lubricantapplying means, means for controlling the supply of lubricant thereto, and a single means for bringing said lubricant-applying means into operative position and operating the controlling means to supply the lubricant.

5. In alubricatorfor car-wheel flanges, the combination of lubricant-applying rolls normally held out of contact, a lubricant-supply connect thereto, normally closed controlling means therefor, and means for opening said controlling means and bringing said lubricator-rolls into operative position.

6. In a lubricating device for car-wheel flanges, a controlling device therefor adapted to operatively engage the guard-flange of the rail, a movable section in said controlling device, and means for holding said section out of operative engagement.

7. In a lubricator for car-wheel flanges, rolls for applying the lubricant to said flanges normally held out of contact therewith, a conduit for supplying a lubricant to said rolls, means for controlling the supply of the lubricant thereto, and a single means for bringing said rolls into operative position and operating the controlling-means to supply the lubricant.

8. In an automatic lubricating device for car-wheel flanges, a vertically-yielding controlling member adapted to operatively engage the guard-flange of the rail, a roller upon the end of said member and a shoe in advance of said roll on said member. V

9. In a lubricator for car-wheel flanges, rolls for applying the lubricant to said flanges normally held out of contact therewith, a collapsible conduit for feeding a lubricant to said rolls, a pair of normally closed fingers between which said conduit passes, and a single means for bringing said rolls into operative position and operating the fingers to allow the flow of the lubricant.

10. A car having a lubricating device for the wheel-flanges, and means for operating the lubricator from the guard-flange of the rail.

11. A car having a lubricator for applying a lubricant to the flanges of the wheels, and an operating device adapted to engage the flange of the guard-rail to operate said lubricator.

12. In a car, the combination of a lubricator normally held out of position, means for engaging the guard-flange of the rail, said means being operatively connected to said lubricator to bring the same in contact with the flanges of the wheel.

13. In an automatic lubricator for car-wheel flanges, an operating device for the same adapted to engage the guard-flange of the rail, and means for holding said device out of engagement with said guard-flange.

14. In a car, the combination of a lubricator pivoted to swing against the flanges of the wheels, a yielding member operatively connected to said lubricator, said member being adapted to be operated by its contact with the guard-flange of the rail.

15. In acar, the combination of a lubricator for the wheel-flanges, means for supplying a lubricant thereto, and means for moving said lubricator into operative position, said lastnamed means being adapted to be operated by its contact with the guard-flange of the rail.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

REUBEN GAGE YORK.

\Nitnesses:

ELLIS SPEAK, J r., WILLIAM B. PooR. 

